Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Our four manuals for the transgender community and their allies have beenupdated with the latest law and resources. Find out your rights or therights of your friends, family members or clients by downloading the

* How are transgender arrestees housed in San Francisco jails? * Can employers require employees to dress according to birth sex? * Does gender identity help with an asylum claim? * Am I protected by state law if I think my landlord evicted mebecause I’m transgender?

These questions, and many others, are addressed and answered, withemphasis on Bay Area law and practices.

Break the Chains.info

is a news and discussion forum for supporters of political prisoners, prisoners of war, politicized social prisoners, and victims of police and state intimidation.

This blog is organized and updated autonomously of the disbanded Break the Chains Prisoner Support Network formerly based in Eugene, Oregon. While this online project shares several of the same concerns as the old Break the Chains collective, no formal organization exists behind the current web presence.

"I will never surrender my pride and dignity nor allow the system to 'cut my tongue' and I will always, without fear, speak out against these war crimes and crimes against humanity, no matter if I spend the rest of my life in a prison cage, and draw my last breath of air laying down in this steel bed surrounded by razor-wire fences and cages, and its prison policies that are designed to destroy one's humanity…."